Thursday, July 16, 2009

How to make Wizarding Food

Here are the recipes used for party. I know you'll want to use them in November 2010 and July 2011 :)

Mint Humbugs: Combine 1 lb. powdered sugar, 4T. butter, 1/2t mint flavoring, 1/4c whipping cream and a few drops of food coloring. Mix well (best with hands). Mixture is THICK and you may need to add more cream. Press into candy molds and let dry out a bit before storing in airtight container in the refrigerator.

Cockroach Clusters: Mix one small jar peanut butter with 2c. Chow Mein Noodles and 1/2 c powdered sugar. Drop onto wax paper and freeze. Melt 12oz. semi-sweet chocolate chips and 2T. Crisco in a double boiler. Dip in frozen "cockroaches" and keep in airtight container.

Chocolate Frogs: Melt 12oz. dark chocolate chips in a double boiler. Mix in 1tsp. Grand Mariner and 1 tsp. Orange flavoring. Pour into candy molds. Remove when cooled completely.

Cauldron Cakes: I used Martha Stewart's recipe for Sunken Chocolate Cakes. They are very light and fragile so I served them in glasses with whipped cream on top!

Butter Beer: For the summer we wanted something cool, so a friend whipped a concoction of cream soda and butterscotch schnapps!

Polyjuice Potion: Mix any combination of fruit juice, Sprite, club soda and liquor together to taste.

Wands: Take a pretzel rod and dip into dipping chocolate (same method as above in cockroach clusters). Lay on wax paper to dry.

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